Conversion of methanol to gasoline components

摘要

A method and sequence of process steps is described for effecting the conversion of lower alcohols comprising methanol, ethanol and propanol to gasoline boiling range component arranged to significantly extract reaction heat and selectively control the restricting of the alcohol feed through the production of ethers and olefins prior to isomerizing and aromatizing the formed olefins. A tubular reactor section is particularly relied upon for the highly exothermic olefin forming step of the combination operation.